Robert Atkinson born around 1823, in Wallsend, Northumberland. He married Jane, Jane was born in around 1833 in county Armah, Ireland. Do you know the surname of Jane before she married Robert, when and where did they get married and when did they die? Please. They had five children, Jeremiah, Robert, William, John and Jane. In 1871, father Robert was a coal miner at Cockfield, Teasdale, Durham.